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Torn plain flatbread and a few crumbs rest on a wooden plate.
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Proverbs 20:17

Sweet Bread and Gravel

Honest Measures, Wise Counsel, and the Searching Lamp · Proverbs 20

Story guide: A piece of ordinary bread gives way to rough gravel, placing initial sweetness and the harsh reversal in separate views.

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17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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